Editorial Articles

Most people — if they ever think of sewers — don’t think about sewage tunnels. They think about a pipe lying peacefully,...

Olathe, Kansas, is a growing suburb of the Kansas City metropolitan area with 141,000 people and almost 11,000 manholes. Ira Speer oversees...

Water main breaks are often associated with cold weather freeze-thaw cycle effects, but in recent years, the number of breaks, subsequent sinkholes...

I have driven through the center of the universe. It isn’t an unfathomably distant and nebulous point in space. It isn’t a...

Entry 338527While several studies indicate that smaller rural water utilities have a harder time complying with safe drinking-water standards than larger urban...

Curb boxes don’t see daily use, but keeping them in good working order is critical for waterline repairs and shut-offs. Acidic soils...

NASSCO’s mission to set standards for the assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation of underground infrastructure is a noble and long-standing goal. This all...

NLB announces staffing changes NLB announced that Bryce Mulligan has been promoted from the vice president of branch operations to the vice...

Cloth media filters treat combined sewer overflow Problem: The city of Rushville, Indiana, had to comply with a 2007 consent order for combined...

PEOPLE/AWARDS Samantha Harper was hired as the water superintendent for the Jefferson County (Washington) Public Utility District. Christie Baumel was hired as a...

Sewer blockages are the main cause of sanitary sewer overflows and often result from grease, roots and debris. Historically, preventive sewer cleaning...

General Pipe Cleaners stainless steel braid hose The new high-performance stainless steel braid jet hose from General Pipe Cleaners/General Wire Spring enhances the...

Collections Systems Advanced Drainage Systems HP Storm HP Storm from Advanced Drainage Systems is a high-performance polypropylene pipe for gravity-flow storm drainage applications....

Philadelphia has a significant combined sewer overflow problem. To solve the problem, the Philadelphia Water Department came up with a solution so...

From energy to drinking water, sanitary sewers to stormwater management, the city of Prince George (British Columbia) Utilities Division does it all...

Faced with a public works emergency caused by a series of disastrous breaks in aging, ductile iron sewer force mains — including...

Entry 338637Resiliency. Maybe it isn’t the first word you thought about 30 years ago when discussing the necessary  qualities of a...

Developing a workplace with a “culture of nice” sounds like a worthy goal for any organization. After all, who wants jerks for...

Roots plague many sewer systems. In the temperate climate of North Bend, Oregon, it was especially bad. North Bend is a small city...